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You can’t govern a country with a thirst for revenge, says a leading Brazil newspaper about Lula
An editorial in the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo ('Estadão'), the third largest newspaper in Brazil, published this Tuesday (Feb. 21), stated that...
Disappointed allies say Lula and PT party spread fake news, want to change the past and have schizophrenic discourse
A little over a month after the inauguration, politicians who supported the so-called "broad front" to bring down Bolsonaro are disappointed with President Lula...
Brazilian BNDES: 75% of the loans for works abroad benefited Odebrecht
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made it clear this week that the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) will finance works...
Brazil: Before the State-owned law, companies lived a routine of corruption; remember
By Guilherme Grandi
At least eight Brazilian federal state-owned companies and 12 pension funds have been targets of anti-corruption police operations over the past two...
Bolsonaro Pushes Truckers Pressure onto Governors by Proposing to Change State Taxes
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With no room to meet truckers' demands, President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Friday, February 5th, that he is considering...
Former Minister Moro Calls Lava Jato Threatened, Dependent on Prosecutor General
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol announced his withdrawal from the Curitiba operation task force and seven other prosecutors of the São...
Corruption Scheme in Brazilian Army Paid for Party with Prostitutes in Motel
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A corruption scheme involving a collusion between army officers and entrepreneurs in a food procurement fraud between 2005 and...
Investigations of Covid-19 Related Corruption Point to R$1.07 Billion in Overspending
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As the coronavirus epidemic spreads in Brazil, the country is also witnessing another escalation: anti-corruption operations involving public money...
Military Reserve Officers Attack Supreme Court, Support Heleno and Alert to Civil War
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A group of military reserve officers issued a statement supporting the Minister of Institutional Security (GSI), General Augusto Heleno,...
Federal Regional Court Paves way to Overturn Lula’s Conviction Over Atibaia Ranch
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region (TRF-4) judged on Wednesday a case involving a conviction handed down...
Opinion: Brazil’s Post-Modern Politics Part III
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – If post-modern literature is hard to define, so is politics; however, one of the usual components...
Opinion: The Big Lie in Brazilian Politics
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The effectiveness of the Big Lie has been recognized by politicians ever since WWII. The Big...
Opinion: Milking Brazil’s Most Sacred Cow
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The most sacred cow in Brazil is Petrobras. When calved in 1953, its birthright included a...
Opinion: Brazil’s “Ficha Limpa” Law and Lula
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Tomorrow a three-judge panel of the Federal Court of Appeals (TRF) in Porto Alegre will decide...